Brake caliper locking up

My front driver's side brake caliper keeps locking up after a few minutes of driving, i have replaced all pads and rotors, all brake hoses, both front calipers, and the brake booster, and it's still locking up, I'm out of solutions, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

10 Answers

Sometimes the interior of the brake hose comes apart and acts like
a one way valve holding pressure on the brake caliper. I would take
a real close look at the brake hose that goes to the caliper that has
the issue. Also make sure that the brake pedal is not binding and
releasing fully to the top of it's stroke.

Bob, i definitely appreciate your help, i replaced the
brake hoses and calipers yesterday, i know that
sometimes you can get a defective part from the
parts store, i didn't really want to mess with it
anymore last night because my temper was getting
the best of me, I'll go back through and triple check
everything, it's just the one caliper that keeps
locking up.

firebird brings up a good point. Caliper slide pins need to be free
from wear and properly lubricated using a silicone brake grease to
keep them from sticking. Also since you replaced the brake
booster the linkage needs to be properly adjusted so that the
brake pedal and the rod that goes into the booster is not partially
applying the brakes. Some are adjustable and I am not sure if
your vehicle is or is not.

I'm not 100% sure if the booster is adjustable or not,
but i never had this problem until I replaced the
booster, as soon as I replaced the booster i started
having theses issues, i thought it was the hoses so i
replaced them yesterday, that didn't stop the
problem, so i replaced the calipers also yesterday,
and it's still locking up the front left wheel, I'm
hoping that it's a fairly simple fix that i can laugh
about later.

If this helps, when the brake is locked up, with the
engine running, i can pull the vacuum hose off of
the booster, step on the brake, re connect the hose
and the brake let's go and it's good to drive for
another 10 minutes or so.

Hey guys, guess what happened this morning!? My
brakes are locking up again after a few minutes of
driving, i have replaced everything brake related in
my jeep, i thought that i had this problem taken care
of, please help

when I first start out driving my jeep it seems fine but after a short distance in
order to get it to go i have to put my foot all the way on the gas seems like
something is locking up. I dont drive...

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